1882.] 220 



Stated Meeting, March 17, 18SS. 



Present, 10 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



V 



The death of Dr. Joreph Pancoast, March 7th, 1882, ret. 77, 

 was announced by Mr. Eli K. Price. On motion Prof. Samuel 

 D. Gross was requested to prepare an obituary notice. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Astro- 

 nomische Gesellschaft, Leipsig (108), Free Public Library, New 

 Bedford (109), and the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society 

 of Philadelphia (109). 



A letter was received from the Kaiserliche Universitats-und 

 Landes-Bibliothek, Strassburg, dated Feb. 16, 1882. The mat- 

 ter was referred to the Secretaries with power to act. 



Donations for the Library were received from F. Sandber- 

 ger ; Zoologische Anzeiger, Leipsig ; R. Accademia dei Lin- 

 cei, Rome; Academic Royale, Bruxelles; SocietedeGeograph- 

 ie, and Revue Politique, Paris ; Societe de Geographic Com- 

 merciale, Bordeaux ; Royal Astronomical Society and Nature, 

 London; M. E. Wadsworth, Boston; Essex Institute, Salem; 

 Journal of Banking Law; Pennsylvania Historical Society, 

 Franklin Institute, Journal of Pharmacy, The American, 

 Philadelphia ; New Jersey State Geological Survey ; Ameri- 

 can Chemical Journal ; U. S. Signal Service Bureau, Washing- 

 ton ; Historical Society of Wisconsin ; Mercantile Library, As- 

 sociation, San Francisco ; Illinois State Museum of Natural 

 History, and Prof. Lesquereaux, Columbus. 



The President reported that he had requested Dr. Ruschen- 

 berger to prepare an obituary notice of Dr. Bridges, and Dr. 

 Rothrock one of Thos. P. James, and that they had accepted 

 the appointment. 



Prof. Sad tier read a paper by Prof Edgar F. Smith, and N. 

 Wiley Thomas, on Corundum and Wavellite from localities 

 as yet unknown to mineralogists, about six or eight miles 

 from Allentown, Pa. 



Mr. Phillips made a communication in reference to the 



